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Integrated community development
Health, livelihoods, skills and environment are linked in people’s lives — so our programmes link them too. Explore seven program areas and the initiatives within each.
Program areas
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Kadamba Foundation has been at the forefront of transforming rural healthcare in Uttara Kannada for over two decades. With a deep commitment to inclusivity and human well-being, Kadamba continues to bridge critical healthcare gaps through sustained, community-driven initiatives.
Explore Health & Community Systems02Transforming agriculture, transforming lives
Kadamba Foundation has been instrumental in transforming the agricultural landscape of Uttara Kannada by promoting sustainable farming practices, crop diversification and farmer-centric innovations.
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03Resilient, income-generating rural ecosystems
Kadamba enables resilient and income-generating ecosystems across rural communities — beginning with the Self Help Group movement and extending to micro finance, rural insurance and marketing networks.
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04Conservation, renewable energy and community forests
Protecting the environment and conserving our forests is an utmost priority for Kadamba — through conservation and afforestation, sustainable land and water management, renewable energy and eco-friendly practices.
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05Skill trainings and human capital development
Kadamba invests in people — from early childhood in the remote crèches of the Western Ghats to skill development and youth capacity building for rural women and men.
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06Evidence-based decision-making and inclusive governance
Kadamba Foundation supports evidence-based decision-making by conducting applied research and impact studies, providing policy advisory and technical support to public institutions, and supporting inclusive and accountable governance frameworks.
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07Housing, counselling, relief and village planning
Kadamba’s 360-degree approach to development reaches into every part of village life — housing for BPL women, a women’s helpline, digital village services, village development planning and disaster relief.
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Health · Since 2002–03
A structured referral bridge that connects economically disadvantaged patients in Uttara Kannada with advanced diagnostics, specialists and affordable treatment.
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Health · Since 2000
Hundreds of camps reaching nearly every village of Uttara Kannada — including remote, hilly regions — with early diagnosis and preventive screening.
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Health
A mobile dispensary that took care to remote villages — the forerunner of Kadamba’s hospital referral service.
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Health
Reviving India’s heritage of natural healing through holistic wellness and lifestyle-correction camps.
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Health
Training villagers as community health representatives and using street plays and youth engagement to spread awareness.
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Health
Blood donation camps organised in association with the Lions Club of Siddapur.
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Agriculture
Introducing teff — a climate-resilient, nutrient-rich grain — to support both farmers’ incomes and nutritional security.
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Agriculture
Restoring soil health with natural inputs and a US-patented microbial consortia methodology — and helping farmers reach organic markets.
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Agriculture
Multi-cropping systems that add high-value crops — cocoa, agar wood, lac, floriculture and spices — alongside traditional ones.
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Agriculture · Since 2013
Kadamba pioneered the revival of lac farming in Karnataka — an inclusive, low-investment livelihood that earned a LAC Promotion Institutional Award.
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Agriculture · Since 2009
A low-maintenance, high-value tree that serves as a long-term financial asset for farmers — now grown by 1,500+ farmers.
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Agriculture · Since 2010
Promoting sandalwood on agricultural wastelands as a high-value, long-term asset for farmers.
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Agriculture · 2009–2017
Turning unused interspaces in areca nut and coconut gardens into productive cocoa — 11.5 lakh plants for 5,829 farmers.
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Agriculture
Converting barren wasteland into wealth — 2.77 lakh cashew plants for 1,159 farmers.
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Agriculture
With the Indian Rubber Board, establishing rubber as a viable commercial crop in Uttara Kannada.
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Agriculture
Research collaborations to revive vanilla as a high-value, export-oriented crop after disease losses.
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Agriculture
Trialling drought-hardy chia as part of making agriculture food-secure and drought-proof.
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Agriculture
A drought-resistant aromatic crop under the Aroma Mission — with essential-oil micro-enterprises led by women.
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Research & Policy
Integrating modern agricultural technology with multi-layer cropping to raise yields while protecting soil and biodiversity.
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Agriculture · 19 December 2013
A landmark exhibition that showcased 118+ agricultural technologies to thousands of farmers.
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Livelihoods
A network of 2,000 SHGs that became the backbone of Kadamba’s outreach into remote Western Ghats villages.
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Livelihoods · 2002 – 2010
Bringing micro credit to rural pockets where it was unheard of — then handing the network on in keeping with not-for-profit ethics.
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An end-to-end marketing network — from the Kadamba Agro Producers Company to doorstep procurement — that gives producers fair market access.
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Livelihoods
Pioneering low-cost insurance for the unorganised rural workforce, including high-risk areca nut climbers.
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Environment · Since 2013
The Betta Balakedaarara Sangha protects privileged forest lands of Uttara Kannada with their community users.
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Environment · Launched February 2009
Free LED solar lanterns for villages beyond the grid — 49+ villages and around 500 solar panels across Karnataka.
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25 crèches in far-flung Western Ghats villages where 6,500 children — many from tribal communities — have learned.
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Education / Skills
Vocational training — tailoring, bee-keeping, coir, soap-making and more — that helped thousands of women start enterprises.
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Education / Skills
Uttara Kannada’s first “English Habba”, where 2,000+ rural students discovered English as an enjoyable language.
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Education / Skills
Free notebooks for students in rural schools, whenever communities or institutions asked for support.
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Community · 2001–02 onwards
India’s first NGO-implemented mass housing programme: 1,804 homes, 100% BPL women beneficiaries, 100% recovery.
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Community · Designed 2011
An electronic corridor for village services — a concept later echoed nationally by Digital India.
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Village Development Planning with NABARD — including a 100% insurance-covered village at Nakshe.
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Community · Since 2005
A women’s helpline and family counselling centre supporting women through difficult times.
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Community · 2009
First on the ground after the 2009 monsoon disaster — relief for 5,000+ people in Karwar, Siddapur and Dandeli.
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Community
Annual Women’s Day celebrations organised with SHGs and local organisations.
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Community
Sponsoring rural sports events and training — including the Kadamba Trophy and district-level volleyball.
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Community
Kadamba’s volunteer team and crèche teachers were trained by Hindu Seva Pratishthana, Bengaluru.
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Community
Bringing SHG members and farmers face-to-face with government officers — including KPTCL.
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